Configuration

Starting mongo with a specific config file

Using the --config flag.

$ /bin/mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf
$ /bin/mongos --config /etc/mongos.conf

Note that -f is the shorter synonym for --config.

Parameters

Parameter	Default
systemLog.verbosity	0
systemLog.quiet	false
systemLog.traceAllExceptions	false
systemLog.syslogFacility	user
systemLog.path	-
systemLog.logAppend	false
systemLog.logRotate	rename
systemLog.destination	stdout
systemLog.timeStampFormat	iso8601-local
systemLog.component.accessControl.verbosity	0
systemLog.component.command.verbosity	0
systemLog.component.control.verbosity	0
systemLog.component.ftdc.verbosity	0
systemLog.component.geo.verbosity	0
systemLog.component.index.verbosity	0
systemLog.component.network.verbo	0
systemLog.component.query.verbosity	0
systemLog.component.replication.verbosity	0
systemLog.component.sharding.verbosity	0
systemLog.component.storage.verbosity	0
systemLog.component.storage.journal.verbosity	0
systemLog.component.write.verbosity	0
processManagement.fork	false
processManagement.pidFilePath	none
net.port	27017
net.bindIp	0.0.0.0
net.maxIncomingConnections	65536
net.wireObjectCheck	true
net.ipv6	false
net.unixDomainSocket.enabled	true
net.unixDomainSocket.pathPrefix	/tmp
net.unixDomainSocket.filePermissions	0700
net.http.enabled	false
net.http.JSONPEnabled	false
net.http.RESTInterfaceEnabled	false
net.ssl.sslOnNormalPorts	false
net.ssl.mode	disabled
net.ssl.PEMKeyFile	none
net.ssl.PEMKeyPassword	none
net.ssl.clusterFile	none
net.ssl.clusterPassword	none
net.ssl.CAFile	none
net.ssl.CRLFile	none
net.ssl.allowConnectionsWithoutCertificates	false
net.ssl.allowInvalidCertificates	false
net.ssl.allowInvalidHostnames	false
net.ssl.disabledProtocols	none
net.ssl.FIPSMode	false